Anyone who travels to the Baltic States quickly notices that the three small states on the Baltic Sea, which used to be part of the Soviet Union, no longer have much in common with their 'big brother' from Russia. This was already the case before the Ukraine war - and has now become even more acute. Now even the last common ground in the energy sector is to be cut.
The interests of the three Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia point clearly in the direction of the West: Since 2004, the states, which together have a population of almost six million, have been members of the EU and NATO. They have long warned against the great power fantasies of Vladimir Putin and see themselves confirmed by the invasion of Ukraine on February 24. Since a Russian minority still lives in all three states 30 ...